trivialize
verb
triv·i·al·ize
ˈtri-vē-ə-ˌlīz 
trivialized; trivializing
: to make trivial : reduce to triviality
Examples of trivialize in a Sentence
The news story trivialized the problem.
He is trivializing the situation.
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And when the Adams character recovers her premarital creativity as an artist, Heller inadvertently trivializes her gallery show with a brief, piddling montage of making dead-animal taxidermy and painting Alex Katz–style portraits of her pregnant friends.
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Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
In interviews, female patients said they felt patronized or trivialized by male health care providers at some point in their TMJ treatment, if not throughout.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2024
The ad seemed designed to capitalize on social justice movements but ended up being perceived as trivializing important issues, resulting in widespread backlash.
—Somdutta Singh, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Imagine how their families must feel about a governor who trivializes his false claim that he was awarded the same honor as that given to a beloved family member who was killed in military combat overseas.
—Fred Medinger, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
In interviews, female patients said they felt patronized or trivialized by male health care providers at some point in their TMJ treatment, if not throughout.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2024
The ad seemed designed to capitalize on social justice movements but ended up being perceived as trivializing important issues, resulting in widespread backlash.
—Somdutta Singh, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Imagine how their families must feel about a governor who trivializes his false claim that he was awarded the same honor as that given to a beloved family member who was killed in military combat overseas.
—Fred Medinger, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Trivialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trivialize. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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